Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability organisations stated in their responses to the consultation on the future of the Independent Living Fund in 2012 that they were (a) supportive of and (b) opposed to the closure of the fund.
Answered by Lord Harper
Due to the nature of both the consultation and the responses, DWP undertook a qualitative rather than quantitative assessment of the responses received; statistical information as requested is therefore not available.
A summary of the consultation responses is available in the Government’s response to the consultation published on GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/184115/future-of-ilf-response.pdf
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has held with the Association of Gas Safety Managers about access to properties to undertake statutory gas safety checks.
Answered by Lord Harper
Neither myself nor the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions have held any discussions with the Association of Gas Safety Managers about access to properties to undertake statutory gas safety checks.
The Health and Safety Executive provides guidance to landlords on what to do if a tenant prevents access for a gas safety check: http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/faqlandlord.htm
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) minor, (b) serious and (c) fatal accidents at work have been reported in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mike Penning
These statistics are published on the Health and Safety Executive website at www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/regions/regtab.xls for the latest year, and www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/regions/reghist.xls for the previous five years.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with learning disability charities on the closure of the Independent Living Fund.
Answered by Mike Penning
In July 2012 the Department consulted extensively on the future of the Independent Living Fund, including a large number of disability organisations. The consultation received approximately 2000 responses, 79 of these responses were from disability organisations.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on learning disability outcomes of the closure of the Independent Living Fund.
Answered by Mike Penning
The potential implications of closing the Independent Living Fund and devolving the full funding to Local Authorities (LA) are set out clearly in the Equality Analysis published on 6 March 2014.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with chronic conditions have been reassessed as eligible for higher-rate disability living allowance in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mike Penning
We do not hold the information requested.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints his Department has received on the Access to Work scheme in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mike Penning
Access to Work complaints are handled in accordance with the DWP two tier complaints process. The figures that are available since the introduction of that process are:
Customer complaints received | |||
Year | 2011/12 (Q4 only) | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
Number of complaints | 121 | 75 | 157 |